CWS report: Virginia-Mississippi game suspended

Wire reports

Updated
11:59 am CDT, Saturday, June 21, 2014

Grounds crew members roll the tarp onto the playing field during a rain delay in an NCAA baseball College World Series game between Mississippi and Virginia, in Omaha, Neb., Friday, June 20, 2014 (AP Photo/Ted Kirk) less

Grounds crew members roll the tarp onto the playing field during a rain delay in an NCAA baseball College World Series game between Mississippi and Virginia, in Omaha, Neb., Friday, June 20, 2014 (AP Photo/Ted ... more

Photo: Ted Kirk, Associated Press

Photo: Ted Kirk, Associated Press

Image
1of/7

Caption

Close

Image 1 of 7

Grounds crew members roll the tarp onto the playing field during a rain delay in an NCAA baseball College World Series game between Mississippi and Virginia, in Omaha, Neb., Friday, June 20, 2014 (AP Photo/Ted Kirk) less

Grounds crew members roll the tarp onto the playing field during a rain delay in an NCAA baseball College World Series game between Mississippi and Virginia, in Omaha, Neb., Friday, June 20, 2014 (AP Photo/Ted ... more

Photo: Ted Kirk, Associated Press

CWS report: Virginia-Mississippi game suspended

1 / 7

Back to Gallery

OMAHA, Neb. - The College World Series game between Virginia and Mississippi was suspended after a 93-minute lightning and rain delay at TD Ameritrade Park.

The game, tied 0-0, will resume 2 p.m. Saturday with Virginia batting in the top of the second inning. The Cavaliers have runners on first and second base.

Virginia would advance to next week's best-of-three finals with a win. If Ole Miss wins, the teams would play again Sunday.

Friday night's game originally was delayed because of lightning. Heavy rain moved in and forced the suspension of the game. More than an inch of rain fell in a half-hour at TD Ameritrade Park.

Vandy's Turner ruled ineligible

Vanderbilt third baseman Xavier Turner has been declared ineligible for an unspecified violation of NCAA rules and will not play in the rest of the College World Series.

Turner was batting .333 with three stolen bases in the Commodores' first two CWS games. He started 63 of 64 games and was batting .284.

UT ties record with 10th shutout

Texas' 4-0 win over Vanderbilt was the program's 10th shutout in the College World Series, tying Arizona State for most.

The Longhorns are the first team to throw back-to-back shutouts since Oregon State in 2006. The four runs Texas has allowed so far are tied for third-fewest through four games in CWS history.

Hits aren't only way to score

Only 60 percent of the runs through 11 CWS games were the result of hits.